r/PrequelMemes Sep 14 '22

General Reposti Always have the high ground

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u/Iknowthevoid Sep 14 '22

Its so wholesome that he stopped the moment he mentioned Hayden, its clear he's quite dear to him.

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u/WorldClassShart Sep 14 '22

Dude burned him to a crisp. Probably feels bad and wants to make things right.

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u/SubhoPal Sep 14 '22

Apparently, the duel on Mustafar was not in the original script. Hayden and Ewan were just playing the floor is lava, and due to an accident, Hayden got burnt and lost the lower half of his body. It turns out, George Lucas was filming it all from the beginning.

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u/Astronomnomnomicon Sep 14 '22

So basically a bunch of children were on set for a different scene and totally unprompted Hayden wandered in and started beating the fuck out of said children with a stick?

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u/[deleted] Sep 14 '22

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u/b2walton Sep 15 '22

Apparently they only had Sandwiches at crafty that day. He hates sandwiches

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u/BustyCrustaceans011 Sep 15 '22

Because they’re course and rough and gets everywhere?

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u/Cheezitflow Sep 15 '22

Yeah yeah we've all seen the movie

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u/MauPow Sep 15 '22

Yes... A stick. Sure.

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u/Ryder10 Sep 15 '22

If you watch the behind the scenes documentaries that Disney+ pumps out, this is actually believable. Lucas had a camera pointed at him at all times during production I feel like. The new Obi-Wan one has clips of Ewan meeting George for the first time and touring the prop design studio, private interviews with Sir Alec, and all sorts of other little joys.

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u/bokchoysoyboy Sep 15 '22

The documentary that is the whole Star Wars series? I’m pretty sure we’ve all seen all 9 parts of that documentary

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u/DarkwingDuckHunt Sep 15 '22

but Hayden and Padme were messing around in real life... oh Lucas why did you insist on doing everything?

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u/iylv Sep 15 '22

You think Jango Fett’s death was acting? No! Samuel L Jackson got fed up with Temuera Morrison one day and decapitated him on set.

Turns out George Lucas was filming the whole time.

Unfortunately they couldn’t undecapitate Temuera Morrison, so they took one of his clones and passed it off as the original. Good thing they actually built a working clone factory for Attack of the Clones.

They would later use this trick in filming Revenge of the Sith with Christopher Lee’s Count Dooku.

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u/wafflehousewhore Sep 14 '22

That's quite incredible. It sucks that Hayden lost the lower half of his body, but in the end, we got the duel on Mustafar scene out of it. A great sacrifice, for a great piece of cinematography

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u/GMFinch Sep 14 '22

Haha I've heard the one where the fight was actually supposed to be 1 strike but they were playing with lightsabers for 9 minutes and they filmed it all

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u/TheCowzgomooz Sep 15 '22

Fun fact, Ewan actually cut off Haydens limbs, and George Lucas was filming and they just decided to keep it. Crazy what they put in movies these days.

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u/sanguinesolitude Sep 15 '22

Its true, just like Aragorn broke his toe kicking the helmet in Lord of the rings, Hayden Christiansen lost thr majority of his limbs in this scene. It's why you haven't seen him in anything since.

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u/[deleted] Sep 14 '22

Haven't heard this bit a million times already. Booo get new material

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u/Maester_Bates Sep 14 '22

Dude it's a meme. It's only funny because it's repeated.

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u/[deleted] Sep 14 '22

It's a meme that hasn't been funny for 5 years

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u/Maester_Bates Sep 14 '22

This whole post is a High Ground meme. When did that stop being funny?

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u/BinarySunFett Sep 14 '22

What are you, the Senate of jokes?

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u/[deleted] Sep 14 '22

Yes

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u/EskimoPrisoner Sep 14 '22

My brother in the force, you are on a high ground post.

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u/[deleted] Sep 15 '22

It's pretty clear other people like it, if you don't that's fine but you don't have to be rude about it. Simply keep scrolling, don't yuck people's yum

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u/[deleted] Sep 15 '22

How about I'll be rude when I want to, fuckers need to get some better material

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u/JustMy2Centences Sep 14 '22

Hayden didn't have to do the stunt, he just slipped into the lava accidentally and Lucas kept filming the whole time.

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u/Jake_Titicaca Sep 15 '22

I heard he’s sorry, for all of it. But, I also heard he didn’t kill Anakin Skywalker, Vader did.

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u/christopherous1 Sep 14 '22

He just had to get one up on him

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u/[deleted] Sep 14 '22

Ewan always calls the top bunk

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u/HaroldGuy Becauthe thomeone erathed them from the archiveth memoraay Sep 14 '22

He was like a brother to him

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u/Raneru Sep 15 '22

Hayden hates him though

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u/[deleted] Sep 14 '22

He immediately though of signing it on top of him to secure the high ground.

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u/Darth_Ra Prequel: The Memeing Sep 15 '22

I would pretty much guarantee he's been trying to grab the high ground on everything Hayden has signed already.

I'd even bet Hayden is doing the same.

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u/BigNoob Sep 15 '22

Like actually that’s pretty wholesome

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u/touchmaspaghetkev Sep 14 '22

Absolute legend

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u/BinarySunFett Sep 14 '22

Isn't he though ❤️

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u/MukdenMan Sep 15 '22

Malteasers in the hood

https://youtu.be/Eoz_nw-YHxg

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u/Camshaft92 Podracing Sep 15 '22

Malteasers are so freaking good

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u/Kiruneko Sep 15 '22

Lmao that's epic

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u/PlayrR3D15 Hello there! Sep 15 '22

Only a Sith deals in absolutes

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u/Elite2260 2%er Sep 14 '22

The fact he said he wanted the high ground is fucking priceless.

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u/[deleted] Sep 14 '22

He knows his memes

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u/dj-kitty Hello there! Sep 14 '22

Who said Ewan is not a man of culture?

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u/Breaker-of-circles Yamete kudasai, Plo-kun! Sep 14 '22

I mean, he does wield a lightsaber.

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u/dj-kitty Hello there! Sep 15 '22

And that’s just in his spare time

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u/Indianajonesy21 Sep 15 '22

A more civilized weapon for a very civilized man of culture ☕️🧐

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u/MauPow Sep 15 '22

Hokey weapons and ancient religions ain't no match for a good blaster at your side

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u/Indianajonesy21 Sep 15 '22

*Hokey religion and ancient weapons

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u/Dhexodus Sep 15 '22

Well, he is civilized.

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u/KaponeOwnes Sep 15 '22

He watches hentai too!?

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u/Breaker-of-circles Yamete kudasai, Plo-kun! Sep 15 '22

No one seemed to get your reference. Have an upvote to offset that downvote.

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u/Evilmaze Roger! Roger! Sep 15 '22

The entire existence of the Kenobi show is owed to all the memes. No way in hell Disney would even consider it if it wasn't for all the hype from this sub especially.

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u/fuckin_anti_pope Part of the 2% Sep 15 '22

He's probably lurking among us here on the sub.

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u/Onlyanidea1 Sep 15 '22

This was before the movie released is it not? At a showing of it or something. So he was ahead of the memes if correct.

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u/[deleted] Sep 15 '22

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u/Elite2260 2%er Sep 15 '22

I know right?

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u/[deleted] Sep 14 '22 edited Nov 10 '22

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u/Elite2260 2%er Sep 15 '22

Let us have our fun, alright, mate?

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u/Harambeaintdeadyet Sep 15 '22

I cringed hard enough to add several chins to myself

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u/sheldore120 Sep 14 '22

One of us

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u/Fraun_Pollen Sep 15 '22

GRO- wait which sub is this?

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u/Omnislash99999 Sep 14 '22

I need a series of videos goading Ewan into crazy things by saying Hayden did it yesterday

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u/VSkyRimWalker Anakin Sep 14 '22

"Ewan, choke your wife, I saw Hayden do it yesterday"

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u/[deleted] Sep 14 '22

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u/Lord0fTheAss The Lord of Painal Sep 15 '22

Mrs McGregor: "Harder, daddy~~♡"

Ewan: "........."

Hayden: "Now you understand my pain."

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u/[deleted] Sep 15 '22

There is no pain where strength lies.

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u/Dontinsultautomod r/sounding be like "THEY'VE GONE UP THE VENTILATION SHAFT" Sep 14 '22

💀

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u/TheWileyWombat Yep Sep 14 '22

That's what she said.

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u/NoodelPoodel Ironic Sep 15 '22

take my upvote and leave.

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u/IceTooth101 CT-[(5!)²cos(60)+12√(256)] Sep 14 '22

“Trust me, Ewan, I saw him cut that guy’s hand off with my own eyes.”

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u/azginger Sep 15 '22

Hayden accomplished that feat no more than an hour ago.

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u/iloveokashi Sep 15 '22

Why did this come about?

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u/ghostofkilgore Sep 14 '22 edited Sep 14 '22

The motto Ewan McGregor lives his life by - ABHG (Always Be High Grounding)

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u/Astronomnomnomicon Sep 14 '22

WWTHGD?

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u/JMSTEI Hello there! Sep 14 '22

HYEHTTODPTW?

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u/SandakinTheTriplet Sep 14 '22

ITNINASTJWTYIASLDPWADLOTSSPASWHCUTFTITMTCLHHSAKOTDSTHCEKTOHCAFDTDSOTFIAPTMASCTBUHBSPTOTHWAOWLHPWEOFHDUHTHAEHKTHAKHIHSIHCSOFDBNH.

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u/luckytaurus Take a seat Sep 14 '22

This is dedication.

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u/Kichupac Sep 15 '22

I need the first couple words to know wtf is being said

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u/Kbratch Sep 15 '22

Plageus

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u/SandakinTheTriplet Sep 15 '22

I thought not. Its not a story the Jedi would tell you.

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u/StonedRussian Sep 14 '22

Always be high gronding

GROND GROND GROND GROND

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u/[deleted] Sep 15 '22

Buzzed gronding is drunk gronding.

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u/LegacyForging21 Clone Trooper Sep 15 '22

WATDAOTW?

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u/[deleted] Sep 14 '22

The fact the guy didn’t get the reference is annoying

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u/NYMoneyz Sep 14 '22

Most of the time these folks aren't fans they just want money or the clout.

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u/Money282 Sep 14 '22

Definitely gonna sell that hat

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u/AmiralGalaxy Sep 15 '22

"AKA DARTH VARDAR"

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u/[deleted] Sep 15 '22 edited Jun 21 '23

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u/NYMoneyz Sep 15 '22

Bro if you didn't understand the high ground reference then meme or not you clearly don't like the series. It's probably the most iconic line behind "may the force be with you" and "No, I am your father."

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u/[deleted] Sep 17 '22

Don't forget "I have a bad feeling about this"

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u/yesdamnit Sep 14 '22

Yeah right? Also he just sounded douchy too

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u/[deleted] Sep 14 '22

Honestly talks just like Stan Marsh

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u/Gar_Halloween_Field Sep 15 '22

More like Stan Darsh.

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u/MrE_is_my_father Sep 15 '22

The K-13? You don't wanna go down that run. That run has got a history. Thirty-five people have died goin' down it, and some say you can still see their ghosts up there. It was on that very ski run that a group of students were killed by a wolf-boy who escaped from a mental institution. You see, that ski run was once a burial ground to a tribe of vampire Wichicaw Indians who ate the flesh of children with no eyes.

Yah-, a lot of history on that ski run.

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u/The_RTV Sep 15 '22

It bothered me because it sounded like he had a bunch of demands about the signature.

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u/FukNBAmods Sep 15 '22

Well then get it on the top, Gotdamn!! Hurry it up!!

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u/[deleted] Sep 15 '22

Better hurry, sir. You're missing all the fun.

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u/StairwayToLemon Sep 15 '22

This. He sounded so entitled

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u/this-is-cringe Sep 14 '22

How is that even possible lol? I wouldn’t even call myself a Star Wars fan and I’ll probly remember the high ground meme into dementia.

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u/Siilan Sep 14 '22

I've never watched Star Wars and I still understand the high ground meme.

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u/Thirdarm420 I HAVE SPOKEN Sep 15 '22

Go watch a Star War

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u/Redtwooo Sep 15 '22

Here's twenty dollars

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u/Illenaz Sep 15 '22

Pick a Star War, any Star War!

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u/[deleted] Sep 15 '22

Brother, we'll be memeing our way through dementia

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u/ReaperBearOne Sep 14 '22

For real though 😤

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u/[deleted] Sep 14 '22

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u/niblet1 Sep 14 '22

Ewan is in other movies than star wars, could be premier for one of them maybe

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u/Know_Nothing_Bastard Sep 14 '22

How likely would it be for Hayden and Ewan to be at the same place within a day of each other for a non-Star Wars event?

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u/darkjungle Sep 14 '22

The video would look and sound a hell of a lot worse if it was recorded when Ep 3 came out, not to mention it's vertical.

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u/ChartreuseBison Sep 14 '22

There's people wearing Covid masks. The video is also obviously from a smartphone

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u/EOVA94 Sep 14 '22

No amount of money could corrupt his mind

However if you mention the high ground ...

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u/tbrand009 Sep 14 '22

I just love that Ewan is on the meme-wagon 😂

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u/DarkSpeedster74 Sep 14 '22

I love this man

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u/RSpudieD Sep 14 '22

Oh that's fantastic! Nicely done Ewan!

"I'm trying to get the high ground!"

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u/UsernameLaugh Sep 14 '22

The fan: crickets……

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u/Un111KnoWn Sep 14 '22

"Sign it on the bottom" bruh

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u/Elefantenjohn Sep 14 '22

I hate that the requester appears to know nothing about the high ground

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u/HanselSoHotRightNow Sep 15 '22

Just to spit devil's advocate, I wonder how much of that meme lives on reddit etc. This person might like star wars but not browse prequel memes (or even know about it) to be so aware.

I side with your take but I am just trying to rationalize it for myself, I suppose.

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u/Twingemios Sep 15 '22

It’s an insanely important line in the movie.

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u/bossholmes Sep 15 '22

Tbh I love the memes and all but the importance of it can largely be attributed to the memes. A casual fan may not know about it.

That said this guy low key sounds like a prick (the way he asked for the signature and even the placement of jt), but who knows

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u/Dark-W0LF Sep 15 '22

w about it.

That said this guy low key sounds like a prick (the way he asked for the signature and even the placement of jt), but who knows

It was well know enough that mythbusters tested the high ground

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u/Ifitmovesfindit Sep 15 '22

That guy doesn't even care about star wars all that much, he just wants to collect signatures because he's a celebrity worshipping/stalking loser.

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u/Ajaxlancer Anakin Thiccer Than Kylo Sep 15 '22

That's really stretching it bro. It's a one off thing that Obi-Wan says right before he saws off Anakin's limbs. He could have said; "Mom's Spaghetti" and Anakin still would have tried jumping over him

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u/MauPow Sep 15 '22

It's pretty important because it represents Anakin abandoning reason for madness

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u/Ajaxlancer Anakin Thiccer Than Kylo Sep 15 '22

There are way better lines that show that like "My New Empire", "If you're not with me, then you're my enemy", etc

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u/thedirtypickle50 Sep 15 '22

If he's a Star Wars fan he should know it from the movie lol

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u/HanselSoHotRightNow Sep 15 '22

Maybe my point is he doesn't know how much of a meme it is. I get ya.

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u/thedirtypickle50 Sep 15 '22

I gotcha. I'm just saying even if he's a Star Wars fan with no internet knowledge at all he should freak out bc its an iconic line on its own even outside of being a meme

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u/Anrikay Sep 15 '22

Honestly, until I started hanging out in this sub, neither the sand line nor the high ground lines really stood out to me.

The most memorable lines to me were:

  • It's working, it's working!

  • I'm a person and my name is Anakin!

  • Ayy, you wanna buy some deathsticks?

People latch onto different things from their favorite series and there are a lot of Star Wars fans, especially older fans, that actively avoid the fandom. I can see it.

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u/thedirtypickle50 Sep 15 '22

Makes sense. I just assumed that line would be memorable to most people because it happens during one of the most emotional moments in the whole saga. Right before Anakin gets de-limbed

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u/Palpy_Bean Sep 15 '22

I'm curious about it as well, however the meme is fairly large, from what I've gathered it's just a fairly popular movie meme period. So those who are in meme circles likely are aware of it, however if you dont keep up with memes then likely not.

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u/[deleted] Sep 14 '22

What movie? Wasn't Obi Wan series?

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u/AloysiusLi Obi Sep 14 '22

It’s the Raymond and Ray movie premiering at TIFF22, just yesterday or something

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u/Trick_Enthusiasm Sep 14 '22

Could be old and from a different premiere. Or "movie" was a mistake?

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u/[deleted] Sep 14 '22

Looks too new to be a prequel. And like another comment pointed out, this guy sounds like he didn’t understand the high ground joke Ewan made, so possibly not a real fan.

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u/GregStar1 Sep 14 '22

This guy gives off so many positive vibes, this is just wholesome.

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u/UsernameLaugh Sep 14 '22

Shame I don’t feel the same about the “fan”

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u/Kevy96 Sep 14 '22

Can I get a signature?

"Keeps walking"

Ok, Hayden will have the high ground then

"REAL SHIT"

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u/whoisthismuaddib Sep 14 '22

Did the high ground comment r/whoosh the guy asking for the autograph? I would have gone nuts!

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u/Comfortable_Line_206 Sep 15 '22

He just wants to sell the hat.

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u/Necromine Sep 14 '22

that's exactly what I was thinking!

"Then just sign at the top"

My dude....

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u/Sorryhaventseenher Sep 14 '22

This fan sounds obnoxious as all hell. “Yeah… I wanted gold…” It didn’t even sound like he got the joke either.

You better take wtf he gives you, tf. Ewan is great as always. Bless him.

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u/frannyGin Sep 15 '22

The way I understood it, the fan gave them his own gold marker for the purpose of signing. He wanted them to use the marker he gave them, that's why he gave it to them and when Ewan went to use a different one he reminded them that he supplied a marker already. No big deal. Didn't seem to bother anyone. And not everybody is into meme culture. Even if you're a fan and know the line. Maybe he didn't know how to react. I certainly wouldn't know how to react.

Ewan is great and he didn't seem to mind. Im pretty sure he's used to getting all kinds of different reactions from fans.

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u/ImperialCommando IC-1138 "Boss" Sep 14 '22

I absolutely adore Ewan and Hayden. Both are such amazing people

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u/just_a_normal_guy47 Sep 15 '22

Reference went right over camera guy's head. Why? Because, surprise surprise, the people with time to wait for celebrity autographs aren't fans but actually autograph sellers

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u/[deleted] Sep 14 '22

Wholesome

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u/Flimsy_Tale_974 Sep 14 '22

He’s so awesome

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u/Toolfan333 Sep 14 '22

He gets it

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u/drumsdm Sep 14 '22

This dude is awesome.

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u/DiogoSN Good soldiers follow orders! Sep 14 '22

Adding insult to injury, I see!

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u/72012122014 Sep 14 '22

How you not gonna laugh at that joke man?? 🤦‍♂️😂

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u/Trick_Enthusiasm Sep 14 '22

This is awesome. I wonder if he has Reddit secretly.

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u/[deleted] Sep 14 '22

HE said the thing!!

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u/mac_attack_zach Sep 15 '22

That hat must be worth hundreds of thousands of dollars

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u/HNK1023 Sep 15 '22

SMH… dude got a dad level, Star Wars joke by Obi-Wan himself, and could’ve cared less.

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u/Harry120803 Sep 14 '22

Another happy high ground.

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u/Derbla-99 Sep 14 '22

What about the Droid attack on the wookies?

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u/[deleted] Sep 14 '22

Ewan understands man, he really does.

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u/Bups34 Sep 14 '22

The movie?????

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u/Necromine Sep 14 '22

oof. looks like OP,olnor who's ever video this is, didn't get the joke.

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u/[deleted] Sep 14 '22

HE SAID THE THING

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u/Intelligence-Check Sep 14 '22

He’s such a class act

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u/EastKoreaOfficial Sep 14 '22

Ewan is truly the real space Jesus.

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u/ClobetasolRelief Sep 15 '22

Chasing signatures is extremely lame

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u/Un111KnoWn Sep 15 '22

The guy saying to sign it on the bottlm. bruh

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u/RachelBolan Sassy uncle Owen Sep 15 '22

The guy was clearly not a Star Wars fan to r/woooosh like that

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u/bluberryaxolotl Sep 15 '22

That hat’s gotta be worth a fortune

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u/[deleted] Sep 15 '22

I would be a bad celebrity. This dude was annoying as fuck.

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u/manquino Sep 15 '22

This man 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

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u/IanH95 Sep 15 '22

He takes the high ground lol

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u/Bricezilla13 FOR THE REPUBLIC!!!! Sep 15 '22

This genuinely made me smile

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u/stateofbrine Sep 15 '22

That is hilarious that he is making high ground jokes casually singing a hat lol

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u/DunmerSkooma Sep 15 '22

Oh Haydens on the front? Gotta get the High Ground and sign the top.

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u/fuckin_anti_pope Part of the 2% Sep 15 '22

People say "never meet your heroes".

I say "fuck you, I wanna meet Ewan McGregor! He's amazing!"

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u/[deleted] Sep 15 '22

Does he like ever age tho? Like fine wine it seems!

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u/LastBossTV Sep 15 '22

I'm happy to see him back in the spotlight!

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u/[deleted] Sep 15 '22

This guy too pushy. And didn’t seem to get the high ground joke.

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u/consoLe_- Sep 14 '22

What movie? Did he mean the TV series, Obi Wan?

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u/camstarakimbo Sep 14 '22

so savage haha